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Knowledge@Wharton
June 4, 2003 |
New FCC Rules on Media Ownership: Static from All Sides When Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell described his agency's partial deregulation of media outlet ownership restrictions June 2 as "modest, albeit very significant changes," few seemed to share his sentiment.   |
BusinessWeek
March 1, 2004
Catherine Yang |
Keeping Little Voices In Big Media The FCC should at least install minimum guarantees for independent opinions. Has deregulation gone to far? |
Salon.com
June 28, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
One big happy channel? The Telecommunications Reform Act handed over control of the radio airwaves to a chosen few. Will TV be next? |
Salon.com
July 26, 2001
Robert Scheer |
Consolidation politics With Michael Powell in charge at the FCC, more media megamergers are on the way... |
Salon.com
August 6, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
The Media Borg's man in Washington FCC chairman Michael Powell, Colin's smooth, ambitious son, has never met a media merger he didn't like... |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2007
David Lee Smith |
The FCC Doesn't Get It FCC head Kevin Martin has proposed changes that would allow companies to own a newspaper and a TV or radio station in the same market. This could cause more problems than it solves. |
Reason
December 2004 |
The Reluctant Planner FCC Chairman Michael Powell on indecency, innovation, consolidation, and competition. |
Reason
January 2004
Ben Compaine |
Domination Fantasies Does Rupert Murdoch control the media? Does anyone? |
Mother Jones
Sep/Oct 2001
Brendan I. Koerner |
Losing Signal The digital revolution has transformed the Federal Communications Commission into a Washington powerhouse. But just as the stakes are rising, the agency is ceding control to multimedia corporations and their lobbyists... |
BusinessWeek
March 24, 2011
Ronald Grover |
Making Public Radio a Little More Private A group of media investors, seeing a way to thrive without federal funds, is looking to acquire local stations in Southern California. |
BusinessWeek
July 19, 2004
Joseph Weber |
Wrestling With Trib Co.'s Demons Can Tribune Co. CEO FitzSimons exorcise a circulation scandal and an ad slump? |
Wired
March 2002
Frank Rose |
Big Media or Bust As consolidation sweeps the content and telecom industries, FCC merger maniac Michael Powell has a plan: Let's roll... |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Entertainers Give the FCC an Earful Mergers and buyouts have already created a homogenized media landscape in which independent voices have no way to reach consumers. Can it get worse? Consumers and investors should be scared. |
Mother Jones
August 1999
Alex Markels |
Low Power To The People Muted by the high cost of broadcast licenses, diverse voices may yet step up to the mike, thanks to a new FCC proposal |
Salon.com
November 20, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Is Clear Channel playing a "shell game"? Critics of the radio-industry giant charge that it is skirting federal ownership rules with puppet competitors... |
Reason
August 2003
Sara Rimensnyder |
Channel Change: More TV for kids We're well acquainted with perennial complaints that children are hooked too tightly to the boob tube. Now an Oakland-based group called Children Now is arguing that children don't have enough opportunity to watch TV, due to a decline in network children's programming. |
Home Theater
February 6, 2009 |
Networks to Keep Analog Until Bitter End Several major TV networks have announced that they plan for their owned affiliate stations to keep analog signals on the airwaves until the final deadline in June. |
Reason
November 2008
Jesse Walker |
Beyond the Fairness Doctrine Barack Obama says he wouldn't reintroduce the Federal Communications Commission's most notorious speech-squashing regulation. But there are more mundane reasons to fear the next FCC. |
Salon.com
October 16, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
Big radio bites back! Major broadcasting companies and NPR are ganging up on low-power FM radio. Can John McCain save the day? |
BusinessWeek
February 23, 2004
Lowry et al. |
Mega Media Mergers: How Dangerous? If Comcast wins Disney, a few behemoths will dominate news, entertainment, and distribution |
Wired
January 18, 2008
Brendan I. Koerner |
Why Things Suck: Radio The FM band between 92.1 and 107.9, where commercial stations reign, is mostly a desert of robo-DJs and pop pabulum. |
Salon.com
December 7, 2000
Moshe Adler |
Bungled election projections? Blame the feds! Media misinformation is yet another example of failed antitrust regulation... |
BusinessWeek
February 7, 2005
Catherine Yang |
Getting Real At The FCC Unlike Michael K. Powell, the next chairman must put ideology aside to foster new services. The new chairman must safeguard basic communications services and promote new entrants who'll create competition. |
Home Theater
March 19, 2009 |
FCC Tweaks DTV Transition Scenario The Federal Communications Commission is using what it learned in February to set down rules for the remainder of the stations that complete the transition in June. |
Wired
June 2000
Alex Markels |
Radio Active Up against the megastations in a battle for the airwaves, do-it-yourself DJs are deploying two potent weapons - 100-watt transmitters and the global reach of the Web. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2007
Willie D. Jones |
Low Power to the People A South Carolina city is the latest battleground for low-watt community radio. |
Home Theater
February 11, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Who Will Make the DTV Cut? Yesterday the Federal Communications Commission released a list of TV stations that intend go all-digital next week, cutting off analog transmissions. |
Salon.com
June 7, 2002
Jeffrey Benner |
Getting a lock on broadband How the FCC is paving the way for a few big companies to control everyone's high-speed Internet access. |
Reason
December 2001
Jesse Walker |
Free Your Radio Three liberties we've lost to the FCC... |
The Motley Fool
February 21, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Newspapers' Worsening World Investors would probably be wise to maintain whatever newspaper-reading habits they've formed but forgo the temptation to own publishing stocks. With rare exceptions, it's difficult to see how money can be made through investments in the publishers. |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2007
Matthew Crews |
No More TV for Times The media company chooses to focus on its digital assets by selling off its television stations. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
November 27, 2006
David Lee Smith |
Study Hard, FCC Those with an interest in media investments would be well advised to follow the FCC's efforts closely. An eventual relaxation of the cross-ownership ban could have profound effects on media structure -- and consequently values -- in the U.S. |
Home Theater
February 13, 2009 |
FCC Slows Some DTV Transitions In the latest twist, the Federal Communications Commission is rattling its regulatory saber at some of the stations that are planning to cut off analog television broadcasts next week. |
Home Theater
October 19, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
NY Viewers Bruised in Carriage Smash In cable rebroadcast dispute, two major local channels go dark. |
Reason
March 2005
Glenn Garvin |
Who Killed Captain Video? The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television, by David Weinstein is an absorbing account of the creator of America's first television network Allen Du Mont's rise and fall. |
Home Theater
March 20, 2009 |
More Stations to Make Early DTV Transition The DTV transition scenario continued to develop this week when the Federal Communications Commission announced that 158 more stations plan to complete their switch from analog to digital broadcasting before June 12's final drop-dead deadline. |
Knowledge@Wharton
March 12, 2003 |
The FCC's Latest Telecom Ruling: Far-Reaching, Yes, But Also Far From Clear A recent vote on deregulation by the Federal Communications Commission left many questions unanswered and none of the players in the telecommunications industry entirely satisfied. |
Inc.
May 1, 2010
Darren Dahl |
Business for Sale: A New Jersey TV Station A low-power station that broadcasts lots of high school sports and town hall meetings is on the market for $2.5 million. |
InternetNews
October 1, 2008
Andy Patrizio |
11th Hour Save for Internet Radio Bill that would spare Internet radio stations a 70 percent royalty rate is headed for the President's desk. |
New Architect
February 2003
Bret A. Fausett |
Radio, Radio Why not let the webcasters play? |
Home Theater
Mark Fleischmann |
Some DTV Stations Suffer in Transition Some two dozen DTV stations who are having trouble reaching their viewers in the wake of the DTV transition are receiving help from the Federal Communications Commission, reports the Associated Press. |
Reason
July 2000
Virginia Postrel |
Cable Access Regulation gave us media monopolies. Can consumer power shake them? |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Gannett's Continuing Advertising Slide The first quarterly publishing release indicates ongoing ad revenue softness. Investors, read your papers avidly and carefully, but please don't let yourselves be enticed into putting your investment shekels into positions in the publishers. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2012
Stephen J. Donell |
Out of Gas Many factors drive fueling station owners to default. |
Home Theater
January 29, 2009 |
House Delays DTV Transition Delay The House of Representatives voted yesterday to keep the DTV transition running on schedule, defeating legislation that would have allowed some stations to delay the transition from February 17 to June 12. |
BusinessWeek
March 5, 2007
Tom Lowry |
TV's Boomlet From Election '07 Broadcasters will thrive on early election ads. But it's a mixed blessing. |
The Motley Fool
October 17, 2006
David Lee Smith |
Newspapers Pressed Downward Investors, declining results are expected from three more newspaper publishers. New York Times... Tribune... Belo... |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2010
Jesse Emspak |
Internet Challenges Cable Companies, but They Aren't Done Yet The need for revenue keeps many stations from going online-only. |
BusinessWeek
April 7, 2010
Grover & Fixmer |
Conan O'Brien's Work in Progress The former Tonight Show host is in play, but prospective TV and cable networks are struggling to find him the right time slot. |
InternetNews
January 21, 2005
Roy Mark |
Powell Resigns From FCC Regulatory chief leaves controversial legacy on telecom and Internet issues. |
